Bow.



W. E. ELLIS.

BOW.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1911.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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WARREN E. ELLIS, OF HAVERI-IILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO W. E. ELLIS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BOW.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN E. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ornamental bows such as are used on various articles of ap parel and particularly on ladies and childrens slippers, and resides in certain features of improvement hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top view of a bow embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom View and Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 4 is a cross section through the center of the same bow, drawn on a larger scale; Fig. 5 shows a strip of which the body of the bow may be made; Fig. 6 shows the same strip partly formed into a bow; and Fig. 7 shows a covered band hereinafter described.

In the manufacture of bows of the general character to which this invention relates, it has been the common practice heretofore to secure the parts of the bow in proper relation to each other by stitching the same together, and in the case of bows intended to be applied to slippers and the like an attaching strip of buckram or similar flexible material has customarily been secured to the underside of the bow, the ends of the strip being left free to be stitched or otherwise attached to the slipper. According to my invention the necessity for stitching the parts of the bow together is done away with by employing a metallic band which passes around the middle of the body portion of the bow and has its ends bent in under the same and against the attachment member, which is clamped by said ends against the under side of the body of the bow. Thus, in the accompanying drawing, 2 indicates the body portion of a bow, which may be made of any suitable material, and 3 indicates an attachment member which is located on the under side of the bow and may consist, as shown, of a strip of flexible material such as buckram adapted to have its ends stitched or stapled to the article to which the bow is attached, although any other suitable attachment member may be employed, if preferred. Around the middle of the body portion 2 is passed a metallic band 4, which is shaped to give the bow the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1911.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 631,597.

desired contour and has its ends turned in under the attaching strip 3 and bent upward against the latter in such manner as to clamp it firmly against the body of the bow where the latter is backed up by the rigid outer or middle portion of said band 4, the ends of the strip 3 being thus left free for attachment purposes. This metallic band 4 may be enameled or otherwise given a finished or ornamental appearance, or it may be provided with a covering 5 made of the same material as that of which the body of the bow is made, or of any other suitable material.

The body portion 2 is usually made from a str1p of bow material of suitable length by folding its end portions in under its central portion, and when the middle of the bow is to be contracted or gathered in, as is the case with the bow shown in the drawmgs, the ends of said strip are preferably notched, as shown at 6 in Fig. 5, in order that when these ends are located on the under side of the bow near its center they may be overlapped or crowded together transversely, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6 to accommodate the contraction of the middle portion of the bow without forming ridges or otherwise causingthe bow to be unduly thick or uneven at this point.

In the bow above described the metallic band 4 takes the place of the band made wholly of fabric or bow material such as has been commonly employed heretofore, and its use results in improving the quality of the bow as a whole in that it does away with the necessity for stitching any of the parts of the bow together, so that all danger of separation of the parts by the giving away of the stitches is obviated. Furthermore, this metallic band tends to prevent the bow from being crushed or otherwise distorted and thus preserves its shape and increases its durability, this feature being particularly advantageous in case the central portion of the bow is narrowed or gathered in by the band.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bow comprising a body portion made of a strip of flexible material having its ends turned under its central portion, an attachment member located on the under side of the bow body, and a stiff metallic band passing around the outside of the bow body and having its free ends bent inward beneath its intermediate outer portion, said bow body and attachment member being clamped against said outer portion of the band by the pressure of the free ends of the latter, whereby all the parts of the bow are secured .in fixed relation to one another and the ends of the band are concealed.

2. A bow-comprising a body portion made of a strip of flexible material having its ends turned under its central portion, an attaching strip of flexible material located beneath the bow body, and a stifl? metallic band passingaround the outside of the bow body and havingits free ends bent inward beneath its intermediate outer portion and below the attaching strip, leaving the ends-of the latter free, said bow body and attaching strip being clamped against said outer portion of the band by the pressure of the free ends of the latter, whereby all the parts of the bow are secured in fixed relation to one another, and the ends of the band are concealed. 3. A bow comprlsing a body portion made of a strip of flexible material having longitudinally-notched ends turned under its central portion, anattachment member located on the under side of the bow body, and a stifi metallic'band passing around the outside of the bow body at its central portion and having its free ends bent inward beneath the same, said bow body and attachment member being clamped between the outer portion of the band and the free ends of the latter, with the central portion of the bow body gathered in, whereby all the parts of the bow are secured in fixed relation to one another and the ends of the band are concealed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto WARREN E. ELLIS.

\Vitnesses E. D. CHADWIGK, Josnrrr T. BRENNAN.

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Washington, D. C. 

